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Cowboys’ persistence helped free-agent Scott Sicko change mind

Assistant head coach Jason Garrett and tight ends coach John Garrett maintained conversations with Sicko the last few days and were able to convince New Hampshire tight end to give it a try.

“I think Scott began to realize the opportunity the Cowboys were presenting to him and he was very grateful for the opportunity eve after the fact that they were giving him a second chance to come in,” Sicko’s agent, JR Rickert, said. “He’s 100 percent on board. He’s committed and he’s excited to get there and get to work.”

Perhaps helping the Cowboys’ cause – in addition to the calls made by the Garretts and Executive Vice President Stephen Jones – was their history. Tony Romo was undrafted in 2003. Miles Austin, Sam Hurd and Stephen Bowen were undrafted in 2006. Kevin Ogletree made it last season form the undrafted ranks.

Rickert has a number of clients make it too, like Cleveland’s Joshua Cribbs and Miami’s Greg Camarillo.

“I don’t think the issue was him not making it as an undrafted guy,” Rickert said. “It was more about him understanding how he’s going to fit into and an organization and I think he felt going in as a draft pick was a better fit but once he spoke to the coaches that there was a definite opportunity and role for him, he was comfortable with that.”